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Wednesday, 17 April 2019 17:16

Culture Punch: reforming the videogames industry

Written by Paul Victor Tims

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Paul V. Tims looks at the games industry from a socialist perspective It probably won’t surprise my regular readers to learn that I love videogames. What better way to escape the turgid, late-capitalist nightmare-world we all inhabit than by stepping into an entire other life where you’re an infinitely-customisable mass…

Sunday, 09 December 2018 21:56

Killing the FA Cup by the pound

Written by Martin Cloake

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Martin Cloake criticises the power of TV money over football, and the failure of governance arrangements to protect the integrity of the game. Tranmere Rovers or Southport, will play, Tottenham Hotspur. It’s the kind of draw that makes the FA Cup third round special. League Two or National League North…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 31 July 2018 08:17

Le Maillot Gallois: Tour de France 2018

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Written by Mark Perryman

C’est magnifique, Geraint! declares cycling fan Mark Perryman, and calls on Labour to develop a socialist culture policy to encourage popular, grassroots cycling. Britain took 109 years to achieve its very first Tour de France winner in 2012. And now we can hardly stop winning it, with the single exception of Italy’s…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 11 July 2018 08:07

Fields of Play

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Written by Mark Perryman

As England prepare for their first World Cup semi-final for 28 years, Mark Perryman joins the dots between pitches and politics and makes a practical suggestion to the Labour Party about developing a 'football for all'. It seems like almost yesterday that ‘Football’s Coming Home’ became England’s national anthem, an…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 06 July 2018 08:54

Here we go, here we go......again: the cultural struggle in football over Englishness

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Written by Mark Perryman

Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman dares to hope for victory for an ethnically diverse, working-class England team, and for a progressive outcome to the cultural struggle against a xenophobic, racist populism. The England team's success so far offers an entertaining, enjoyable metaphor for a more co-operative, collective approach to life –…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 04 July 2018 19:21

Will England’s World Cup success embolden nationalist Brexiteers? You better believe it......

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Written by Stuart Cartland

Stuart Cartland responds to Mark Perryman's article with a more cautious assessment of the potential for extracting progressive cultural meanings from the success of the England team. As much as I want to believe in the positive force of seeing a strong and unified young multicultural English team do well…

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Tuesday, 03 July 2018 07:00

England expects........the World Cup, anti-racism, and Corbyn's Labour Party

Written by Mark Perryman

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As England prepare to take on Colombia tonight, Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman outlines what we can look forward to. He discusses the potential of modern football for communicating anti-racist messages, and offers some advice to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party about developing a cultural struggle to run alongside the labour movement's political…

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Friday, 22 June 2018 12:35

If a week is a long time in politics......Mark Perryman catches up on the World Cup

Written by Mark Perryman

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Mark Perryman draws some lessons from the first week of World Cup 2018, as England prepare to take on Panama. It’s a well-worn footballing cliché that you can only beat the team in front of you. But in most regards, England taking until the 91st minute to secure victory over…

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Wednesday, 13 June 2018 14:49

Thirty-two nations under a groove: World Cup 2018

Written by Mark Perryman

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Will the World Cup be an orgy of petty-minded nationalism? Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman doesn’t seem to think so. In between the matches from Russia over the next few weeks, here’s a Trivial Pursuit question to test your mates’ footballing knowledge. Which is the only World Cup squad with the…

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Saturday, 14 April 2018 17:53

Willie Young’s elbows have been sawn off

Written by Martin Hayes

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Willie Young’s elbows have been sawn off by Martin Hayes 12 years old and out the station onto Gillespie Road it’s only 40 minutes before kick-off and no tickets in our pockets yetbut that was how it was back then you didn’t need to have saved for over 5 months…